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UC Berkeley MOOC Advisor sharing on online education

by Professor Armando Fox
May 26, 2015

Berkeley's MOOC Experiment

Armando Fox is a Professor in Berkeley’s Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Department and the Faculty Advisor to the UC Berkeley MOOCLab. With his colleague David Patterson, he co-designed and co-taught Berkeley’s first Massive Open Online Course on “Engineering Software as a Service”, offered through edX, through which over 10,000 students in over 120 countries have earned certificates of completion. He also serves on edX’s Technical Advisory Committee, helping to set the technical direction of their open MOOC platform. His current research in online education includes automatic grading of students’ computer programs for style and improving engagement and learning outcomes in MOOCs.

Prof. Armando Fox delivered a lecture on May 26, 2015.
A workshop was held the next day after the lecture at HKU.